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World history Chapter 1 section 1-2

Terms in this set (19)

Humanism
An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
Humanities
Study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history, that were taught in Ancient Greece and Rome
Petrarch
A Florentine who lived in the 1300s, was an early Renaissance humanist, poet, and scholar
Florence
A city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance
Patron
A person who provides financial supports for the arts
Perspective
Artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three-dimensional effect
Leonardo
1452-1519, had an endless curiosity that fed a genius for invention
Michelangelo
(1475-1564), had many talents, he was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet
Raphael
(1483-1520), artistic talent, "his sweet and gracious nature"
Baldassarre Castigo line
The Book of the Courtier, the manners,Camilla, learning, and virtues that member of the court should have
Johann Gutenberg
1455, of Mainz, Germany, printed the first complete edition of the Bible using a printing press with movable type
Flanders
A region that included parts of present day northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, was important industrial and financial center of Northern Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Albrecht Durer
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Engraving
Art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make multiple prints
Vernacular
Everyday language of ordinary people
Erasmus
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Thomas More
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Utopian
Idealistic or visionary, usually used to describe a perfect society
Shakespeare
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